Sanapohja
Sanapohja, literally “word stem” in Finnish, is a linguistic term describing the base form of a word to which inflectional endings attach. In Finnish morphology, the sanapohja is the core form used in analysis to derive the various inflected variants of a word. It may align with the dictionary form (lemma) but is not necessarily identical in all theoretical treatments.
The sanapohja is related to, but not always identical with, the lemma (perusmuoto). The lemma is the
In practical usage, the concept is employed in linguistic description, language teaching, and computational morphology. It
Notes on terminology: The exact definition of sanapohja can vary by theoretical framework. Some analysts reserve